Autographic register



F 19, 1952 H. G NYMAN 2,586,175

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed July 25, 1949 Patented Feb. 19, 1952 ITEos ATEs PATENT OFFICE AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Harold G. NymamtBelmont, Mass., assignor to American Register Company; South Boston, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application July 25, 1949, Serial No. 106,572

BClaims. (Cl. 282-46) This invention relates to autographic registers and more particularly to those having an improved arrangement for controlling the paying out of the form strips and preventin relative displacement thereof as they reach the platen.

My invention will be well understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through a re ister; and

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. l.

The register illustrated in the drawing comprises a storage compartment, generally designated by the numeral In, to receive strips of forms assembled as a so-called pack P, the superposed strips being folded zigzag. They are drawn over a guide roll I2 to the platen M where they pass in interleafing relation to suitable carbon sheets C coming from the supply, Fig. 2, at the side of the register. At the head of the platen suitable feeding means, desirably of the type disclosed in the Shoup and Oliver Patent No. 1,396,070, as herein illustrated, serve to draw forward the strips to dispose successive forms or tickets over the platen for inscription. The feed shown is shown in a very general way in Fig. l and comprises parallel feed discs l6 (one only showing in the figure) cooperating with the opposed feed rollers IS, the bite of the roll pairs engaging the paper in the longitudinal planes of the usual holes at the head of the form. The discs [6 are manually rotated for a single revolution and draw the strips forward until the bite of the roll pair encounters the hole when the feed ceases. Auxiliary lower and upper segmental feeding devices 20 and 22 carried respectively by the discs [6 and the shaft of rollers l8, engage the strips laterally of the holes to start them in motion again to begin the next cycle.

Feedin devices of this type should bring several superposed forms into longitudinal alignment by cooperation with the holes. For effective operation they should work against a certain resistance. Furthermore the strips should not be too much displaced as they come to the platen or be laterally out of register. It is usual to lead the separate strips over the separate guide rolls at the base of the platen and various kinds of tension devices for them have been employed. Such devices are dispensed with by the present invention.

Herein the storage compartment l comprises a bottom plate 24 having upturned ends 26 to support the pack P in a longitudinally flexed form as illustrated in Fig. 1, which I have found facilitates the unfolding of the strips. Two side walls 28 are provided, at inner surface of each of which, facing the pack, is a multiplicity of flexible, resilient elements in the nature of the bristles of a soft brush or the pile of a pile fabric. I recommend for excellent results providing such elements by securing to the walls 28 sections 30 of mohair plush, such as is used in upholstery, having a pile about 1 3' of an inch in depth. In Fig. 1 this pile is indicated by stippling, but in order not to obscure the drawing, it is indicated merely at localized areas, whereas it extends continuously, as more realistically seen in Fig. 2. I shall hereinafter call this assemblage of elements a pile without implying that it is necessarily a textile fabric with interwoven pile-forming yarns, although a suitable pile fabric is convenient and eflicient.

The folding pack P fits between the two piles snugly and flexes the elements thereof. The pile elements bear resiliently against the sides of the pack and hold it against lateral displacement such as might occur if the register were bodily moved. There is a certain variance in the width of packs nominally of the same width, and this construction accommodates itself to such variation. As the strips are unfolded to move to the platen, as seen in Fig. 1, their edges move through and across the pile so that the edges thereof brush across them. The resistance effected might be said to be a sort of combing action which tensions the strips of each of them against the pull of the feeding mechanism and is effective throughout their length. It has been found most effective to insure both longitudinal and horizontal registration of the forms in the superposed strips.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, as is in fact clear in several matters from the description itself. Reference is to be had to the appended claims to indicate those principles of the invention exemplified by the particular embodiment described and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent.

I claim: 7

1. An autographic register of the kind wherein a number of superposed strips of forms folded together zigzag to form a pack are drawn from 3 the pack to bring superposed forms successively into inscribing position over a platen characterized by this, that there is at either side of the strips a pile having elements extending across the path of movement of the strips with their free ends projecting inwardly past the edges of the strips to be engaged by the face of the strips to deflect the pile elements as the strips move along their path with the ends brushing across the edges.

2. An autographic register of the kind wherein a number of superposed strips of forms folded together zigzag to form a pack are drawn, from the pack to bring superposed forms successively into inscribing position over a platen characterized by this, that a storage compartment is provided for the pack the inner lateral walls of which have a pile projecting inwardly and engaging the sides of the pack.

3. An autographic register of the kind wherein a number of superposed strips of forms folded together zigzag to form a pack are drawn from 4 the pack to bring superposed forms successively into inscribing position over a platen characterized by this, that a storage compartment is provided for the pack the inner lateral walls of which have a pile projecting inwardly and engaging the sides of the pack, said walls extending above the pack so that the edges of the strips as they move to the platen travel through and across the extremities of elements of the pile.

HAROLD G. NYMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,962,001 Bright June 5, 1934 1,987,247 Schnitzler Jan. 8, 1935 2,100,911 Oliver Nov. 30, 1937 2,183,778 Sheppard et a1 Dec. 19, 1939 

